Hans Frederek Geres

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Hans F Geres,71 passed away 11/25/2020 due to pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his

wife,Phyllis, and preceded in death by their two children, Laura and Mary. Surviving also are

siblings Charles Geres (Toni), Michael Geres, and Sonja Grosch (Larry), son-in-law Charles

Pippins, grandchildren Branden and Grace Pippins.

Born in Bremen, Germany, he grew up as an Army brat until joining the US Navy in 1968. He

served at multiple duty stations in the US and overseas, initially as a Navy Corpsman and later

as a Navy Physician Assistant. While stationed at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, Oakland, CA in

1970 he met his future wife, a Navy Nurse who took charge and changed his life for the better.

He retired from the US Navy in 1993 and and in 1994 moved to Tucson, AZ where he continued

to work as a Physician Assistant until his second retirement in 2013.

He enjoyed airplane modeling, running, hiking, traveling, wine and dark chocolate.

Viewing and funeral service will be held at St Mark The Evangelist Catholic Church on

December 12 at 10:30AM viewing,11AM funeral.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to Make-A-Wish Foundation or charity of your choice.